December, 2010

Looking back at 2010, the Server and Tools Business yielded numerous product announcements throughout the year. As a result, several publications have identified Server and Tools products as industry winners in annual product awards. Check out the great...

Today, Microsoft and Transport for London (TfL) announced the move of TfL’s Developers Area and their new Trackernet data feed to the Windows Azure Platform. One of the clear benefits for TfL with the Windows Azure Platform is it’s scalability...

Today, many organizations have separate endpoint security and management infrastructures, which requires two sets of maintenance efforts, policies, and incident response procedures.

Microsoft today announced the release of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 (FEP), the next generation of Forefront Client Security, to help customers align the disciplines of client security and management. By taking advantage of this converged infrastructure, organizations can improve desktop protection and lower operational costs.

Direct Edge, a New Jersey-based stock exchange, announced today its use of Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Informatica Ultra Messaging for its new trading platforms.
By building its new exchange on technology from Microsoft and...

Windows Azure Platform Client Technology Previews Now Available
As previously announced at PDC 2010 , t his week, Microsoft is making available limited Community Technology Previews (CTP’s) of SQL Azure Reporting and SQL Azure Data Sync. These...

Today, Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard edition and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on . Starting in early January, you will find SBS 2011 Standard and Premium Add-On in volume...

VMblog’s 2011 Predictions series asks virtualization and cloud executives to take a look back at trends of the past year, and provide recommendations about what 2011 might bring. Microsoft’s David Greshler shares some thoughtful guidance for...

There are many exciting new customers adopting the Windows Azure Platform, earlier this week we announced that Transport for London would move their ‘Trackernet’ application to the Windows Azure Platform and today brings more news from three of Microsoft...

Microsoft has announced new partnerships with three of Australia’s top research organizations as part of the company’s Global Cloud Research Engagement Initiative launched earlier this year. Partnerships with National ICT Australia (NICTA...

Microsoft Releases Client Technology Preview (CTP) of Server Application Virtualization on Windows Azure
As previously announced at PDC 2010 , Microsoft is now delivering the final Community Technology Preview (CTP) promised by the end of CY2010. This...